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The recent spat between the newly appointed defence minister, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd.) and the military chiefs of staff over...

Ten killed at a tens of thousand stampede; petitions calling for the sack of the Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration...

About 18 unemployed graduates including three pregnant women were killed in stampede which occurred at Benin, Port Harcourt, Abuja and...

On Sunday 16th March 2014 a referendum will be held in the Crimea to determine whether the people of that...

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie...

When you tell people the Lord appeared to you in a dream, those who have not had such experience may...

At least two perspectives on fighting corruption have emerged this week from key Nigerian reformers that served together during the...

“For the church, it is time to take up the gauntlet against this subtle presidential onslaught on its age-long independence.”...

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, will on Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurate the 492-member National Conference whose task is to redefine...

Abacha, our Abacha, the last of the true Generals and defenders against western imperialism, is dead and Nigerians, whose cowardice...

The irony of the All Progressives Congress, APC, adopting the broom as its national logo to sweep away the canker-corruption...

My vague recollection of the search for oil in the North dates back to the beginning of this republic, when...

“We want to put it on record that the commencement of work on the second Niger bridge is just one...

The closure of five Federal Government Colleges in the North-Eastern part of the country is exactly what Boko Haram wants....

“The National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, is a prince of the Sokoto Caliphate… you...

‘…Abdullahi’s gargantuan achievements will live after him in the annals of competent administration and good governance in the country’I got...

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress Party (APC) recently presented their draft road map on fighting corruption as...

The pattern is clear. The more bloodcurdling the atrocities of Boko Haram the louder the calls for dialogue with the...

The list of centenary honorees solidifies Nigeria's longstanding reputation as the hotbed of political and economic corruption and a total...

Without the North, Nigeria and Nigerians would be reduced to nonentities. In 2005, Goldman Sachs Investment Bank forecast that Nigeria...

I’m often taken aback when some of my Nigerian readers respond to my column by noting a failure to offer...

Parents should teach children how to be responsible. Appreciating parents is a noble deed that brings a lot of benefit...

I know its been over three weeks but I still cannot get the thought of 53 children murdered in their...

What began as sectarian crises in the north eastern part of the country has gradually mutated into full-blown terrorist activities....

Last week, I was in Niger attending a workshop organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development marking the take...